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Former Miami Dolphins LB Channing Crowder continues to rip the team, this time his target was the new coaching staff. Crowder said head coach Joe Philbin "has got a lot of (former head coach) Cam Cameron in him." He also said Philbin is doing "too much micro-managing."

Retired LB Channing Crowder (Dolphins) said Wednesday, Feb. 1, that he plans to return to football in 2012 after a one-year hiatus. He abruptly retired in Aug. 2011, and said he wouldn't return to the Miami Dolphins, citing a disdain for general manager Jeff Ireland. "I wouldn't go on a team with Jeff Ireland. I'm not very confident in him," Crowder said. "He doesn't know what he's doing in my opinion. He's not a good person. He has no class, and I wouldn't choose to go back and play there. And I would have to say it's the only team I don't want to play for."

Former Miami Dolphins LB Channing Crowder, who announced his retirement last week, said he is open to returning to the league for the 2012 season. "But, it wasn't so much about football as it was about my family and my new wife and my child on the way and having to up an move them when she's due in two weeks. It was more about that. I probably will (come back) next year, two years at most. Probably next year. See if we have any attention, try to get an offer. But, yeah, I'm out this year," Crowder said.

Miami Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano said Tuesday, March 29, that he wants LB A.J. Edds to push LB Channing Crowder for a starting inside linebacker job, reports Ben Volin, of the Palm Beach Post. Edds missed his rookie season of 2010 due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Miami Dolphins LB Channing Crowder said he will not hesitate to hit opposing players hard regardless of punishment from the league, according to The Associated Press. "If I get a chance to knock somebody out, I'm going to knock them out and take what they give me," Crowder said Wednesday. "They give me a helmet, I'm going to use it."

Miami Dolphins LB Channing Crowder (groin) has been downgraded from questionable to out for the team's Week 1 game, reports Armando Salguero, of The Miami Herald. Crowder likely will miss Week 2 because of the injury.